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Goals and opportunities in quantum simulation

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The long-term promises of quantum simulators are far-reaching. The field, however, also needs clearly defined short-term goals.

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  1. J. Ignacio Cirac is at the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, Garching, D-85748, Germany,

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  2. Peter Zoller is at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, University of Innsbruck and Institut for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Technikerstr. 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria,

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Cirac, J., Zoller, P. Goals and opportunities in quantum simulation. Nature Phys 8, 264–266 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2275

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